A Return “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There nothing can befall me in life-no disgrace, no calamity, which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bear ground; my head bathed by blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanish.” To each man there are places to forget, places to ignore worries, troublesome thoughts, and lost ideals. For father and sons that place comes to be the Big Black Foot …showed first 75 words of 971 total…

…showed last 75 words of 971 total…like no other. He, though structured, Schultz-4 finds a calming, religious experience in nature. Content with life, Rev. Maclean is a philosopher of nature. Overtime father, sons, and author face difficulties and obstacles. Nevertheless, through nature they find a way to ease the grief they feel, calm the structure, and find God on a personal level. Nothing is a simple as nature. We remain suspended above God’s green earth, in a world of redemption.